RUSSIA RELIGION NEWS

Jehovah's Witnesses assemble illegally

The State Committee for Work with Religious
Structures
together with law enforcement agencies of Azerbaijan put a stop to
illegal
activity of adherents of the sect of Jehovah's Witnesses, the
press service of
the committee reported.

The report states: "The State Committee for
Work with
Religious Structures together with law enforcement agencies on 9
April carried
out operational measures in the Qaradag district of Baku at two
addresses. As a
result of the measures being conducted, illegal meetings of the
nontraditional
religious movement of Jehovah's Witnesses were discovered and
ended."

It is to be noted that of the 33 participants
of the meeting
at the two addresses, ten were minor children.

In addition, a large quantity of propagandistic
literature
of Jehovah's Witnesses was discovered and seized.

An investigation is being conducted. (tr. by
PDS, posted 10
April 2017)

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